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  • Edge of the Map

  • The Mountain Life of Christine Boskoff
  • By: Johanna Garton
  • Narrated by: Emily Durante
  • Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Edge of the Map

By: Johanna Garton
Narrated by: Emily Durante
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Edge of the Map is equal parts inspiring, dramatic, and heartbreaking. One of America's greatest high altitude mountaineers, Christine Boskoff was at the top of her career when she and her partner perished in an avalanche in 2006. Principled and humble, Boskoff was also a deeply loved role model in the climbing community.

Edge of the Map traces the sharp twists and turns in Boskoff's life, from her early years as a Lockheed engineer, through her first successes in the climbing world, to her purchase of Seattle-based Mountain Madness after owner and climber Scott Fischer was lost in the 1996 Everest disaster. Her life was one of constant achievement mixed with personal tragedy.

The story follows Boskoff as she perseveres and moves on to even bigger peaks, earning acclaim as a world-class mountaineer, then later as she finds an alpine partnership with legendary Colorado climber Charlie Fowler.
©2020 Johanna Garton (P)2020 Tantor
Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Climbing & Mountaineering Sports Outdoor Emotionally Gripping
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Enjoyed this title - on the included list so even better - a fabulous detailed account of an amazing climber

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